[csaa-forum] Book launch 'Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute'

[Lisa French]

Dear Colleagues
Please find below an invitation to the launch of my new book
(co-authored by Mark Poole).

What: Book launch - 'Shining a Light ~ 50 Years of the Australian Film
Institute' 
When: Monday 23 November 6pm  
Where: ACMI Federation Square, Flinders St, Melbourne.
RSVP: http://www.metromagazine.com.au and click on ‘Screenigns PD &
Seminars'

Outline
A new book, Shining a Light ~ 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute,
traces the progress of the film and television industries in Australia –
as well as screen culture within Australia over the past half century –
through the lens of one key organisation, the Australian Film Institute
(AFI).

Since its establishment in 1958, the AFI has played a central role in
nurturing and supporting both screen culture and production – from small
beginnings to an internationally recognised billion dollar industry.

Shining a Light offers a timely and significant contribution to
scholarship on Australian cinema, published at a critical time in
Australian film history. The authors, Lisa French and Mark Poole, offer
an insider’s view through 27 interviews with key players on the local
scene. The book also includes a listing of every AFI Award that has been
given since 1958, including the nominees and winners of each award
category. This is the first time that such an exhaustive list of AFI
nominees and winners has been published.

French, L., & Poole, M., 'Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian
Film Institute', ATOM, Melbourne, 2009.